Daniel Dennett - Dangerous Intersection

Daniel Dennett puts Rick Warren’s brand of religion under the microscope

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:December 19, 2008
Post category:Culture Evolution Psychology Cognition Religion Science snake oil
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In this 2006 lecture at TED, philosopher Daniel Dennett (Breaking the Spell) takes on the "brilliant" contemporary redesign of religion by Rick Warren, author of The Purpose Driven Life. After acknowledging that Warren's book is, indeed, "brilliant" (it has sold 30 million copies and motivated comparable numbers of people), Dennett…

Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens sit down to discuss religion.

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:February 29, 2008
Post category:American Culture Good and Evil Meaning of Life Psychology Cognition Religion Science
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Would you like to listen to Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens discussing religion for two hours? My initial impulse was that I wasn’t especially interested, even though I admire these thinkers/writers and I agree with many of their ideas. My hesitation was that I was already…

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